Kingston Rotary Club

The Club continues to support, take an interest in, and have an involvement with a number of International projects:

End Polio Now

For the last 25 years, rotary has been working hard to rid the world of polio - a terrible disease that can kill or severely disable children.   Today, this disease, which used to kill and maim even in this country, is now mainly confined to Inida, Pakistan, Afganistan and Nigeria, where it is still endemic - and we are now tantalisingly close to achieving our aim.   in 2009 the Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates challenged Rotary to march fund by June 2012, the $200 million that he has donated the organisation.      To coincide with the 2011 campaign, we are planting purple crocus bulbs in Tolworth Junior school and King Athelstan Primary School.   Why purple - it is the tiny dab of colour on a child's little finger that indicates the child has been innoculated against the deadly virus.

Vision Aid

The Club are active in collecting redundant spectacles that are sent to a sorting centre for onward distribution to third world countries. Here, qualified opticians match the specs to those that have sight problems to bring about a much needed improvement to their quality of life

Water Aid

Water Aid works in 17 countries providing water, sanitation and hygiene education to some of the world's poorest people.  They work with local communities and use a mixture of low cost technologies to deliver lasting solutions.

 

 

Sponsored Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) Worker

VSO is a leading development charity with almost 1500 skilled professionals currently working in 34 countries. They respond to requests from government and community organisations throughout Asia and Africa. The Club is proud to be sponsoring a 2 year assignment of two workers in Nepal (2008-9).

SOS Children Villages

SOS Children is the world's largest orphan and abandoned children charity. They provide a new family in amazing Childrens Villages for over 60,000 children in 123 countries, and helps almost a million more people through their projects around the world. Kingston Rotary Club is proud of its sponsorship of Angelique in Rwanda.

International childrens Trust - Fundacion Juconi

This is a scheme in Puebla, Mexico working with the street children to reintegrate them back into family and school life through the International Childrens' Trust. With the help of Juconi, 40% of children are able to return to a safe and caring family.

Khammam Community and Artificial Limb Centre

Azariah is a well known humanitarian who has served the poor and needy in and around the town of Khammam and the Andhra Pradesh region of India for over 40 years. He is a member of Khammam Rotary Club, and Kingston Rotary Club are pleased to be working with that Club and Azariah to help, continue the support of the work of the Limb Centre.

International Youth Exchange

 

In August each year a team of 3 students from the UK together with 3 students from France, Germany and Poland go on an activities week.   Each of the four countries taking it in turn to host all 12 students.   This gives the students an opportunity to see the world as it should be seen, meeting and living with people from other countries, cultures, and discovering themselves.

Shelter Box

 

We support the Rotary Shelter Box scheme which sends out Shelter Boxes to areas where natural devastation (e.g.earthquakes) has taken place.   These Boxes contain emergency supplies and essentials for life to continue when all other services have failed.

 

 

Exchange Visits

The Club has a regular programme of exchange visits with Rotary Clubs based in Bad Bergazabern, Germany and Poissy, France. This is an excellent way of meeting Rotarians from other countries and of visting those countries with excellent tour guides!

The Club also has links with clubs in Belfast and Australia.